Weekly Bird Sightings
Beginning
October 5, 2008

Notice! The sightings below are not exhaustive. These are sightings that three birders, working collaboratively, have noted at the River "S" unit of the Ridgefield NWR throughout each week. It is our wish that this weekly list will give you an idea of what you can find at the refuge and will inspire you to "go birding" and make up your own list. Perhaps you will be the one to find some of the uncommon (**) or rare (****) birds. Good Luck and Happy Birding!

Cackling Goose Pectoral Sandpiper ** Lincoln's Sparrow
Canada Goose Long-billed Dowitcher Swamp Sparrow **
Wood Duck Wilson's Snipe White-crowned Sparrow **
Gadwall Mourning Dove Golden-crowned Sparrow
American Wigeon Great Horned Owl ** Dark-eyed Junco
Mallard Belted Kingfisher Red-winged Blackbird
Cinnamon Teal Downy Woodpecker American Goldfinch
Northern Shoveler Northern Flicker  
Northern Pintail Pileated Woodpecker **  
Green-winged Teal Steller's Jay  
Pied-billed Grebe Western Scrub-Jay  
American Bittern American Crow  
Great Blue Heron Violet-green Swallow  
Great Egret Barn Swallow  
Black-crowned Night Heron ** Black-capped Chickadee  
Turkey Vulture White-breasted Nuthatch  
Northern Harrier Brown Creeper  
Red-shouldered Hawk ** Bewick's Wren
Red-tailed Hawk Winter Wren  
American Kestral Marsh Wren
Merlin ** American Robin
Peregrine Falcon ** European Starling
Virginia Rail ** Cedar Waxwing
American Coot Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sandhill Crane ** Common Yellowthroat  
Black-bellied Plover **** Spotted Towhee
Killdeer Savannah Sparrow  
Greater Yellowlegs ** Song Sparrow + Heard Only
   

** Uncommon

 
   

**** Rare

   

         
         
  Sightings by ,Al Larrabee, Roger Windemuth, & Will Clemons  





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